Two new signs have been put up near the M1 and M62 to welcome those entering the county from the South and the West.

The temporary signs, put in place by Drive By Media, say: “Welcome to Yorkshire – You’re in God’s Own County #YorkshireDay.”

Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “We often receive letters from the public asking why we have no ‘Welcome to Yorkshire’ signs as people enter our great county and Yorkshire Day is the perfect opportunity to change this.

“Wouldn’t it be brilliant to see them on roads all around the county permanently, giving our millions of visitors a proper Yorkshire welcome and leaving them in no doubt that they’ve arrived in God’s own County?”